Mt Vernon Artist to Exhibit in New York Show
Mt Vernon painter Alma H Cooley will exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City from December 7 to February 22 under Artists for Victory Inc. Her canvases include the Old Stone House at Clinton and a Cedar Rapids fishing scene, reflecting local history and landscapes.
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Pony Express
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Clinton Herald
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Chase
Cooley
Bluff
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
Cornell
Alma Cooley
Alma H. Cooley
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Old Stone House
Infant Judith Lumberg Dies in Tragic Crib Fire
Funeral services were held Saturday for Judith Fanet Lumberg seven month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Lumberg. She was burned fatally Friday while playing in her crib at home seven miles north of Keokuk Iowa AP report
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Keokuk
Judith Fanet Lumberg
Clarence KE Lumberg
Wendorf Named Student Director of Coe Military Band
Harold A. Wendorf of Chicago was appointed student director of the Coe College military band by Capt. Stanley Vesely. A senior and clarinetist, Wendorf has a Chicago Austin High School background, conducted the military band, won national music contests, and served with Northwestern University fife band and the all Chicago high school band. He is treasurer of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
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Coe College
Harold A. Wendorf
Chicago
Wendorf
Austin High
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wenderf
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All- Chicago
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Kitterman’s Dry Cleaners Closes After 25 Years
Cedar Rapids business closes after 25 years of operation. Jess A. Kitterman states the office stays open until Wednesday but no new orders will be taken. The plant has operated at 209 Third Avenue SW for 15 years with 23 employees.
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Playground Commission
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First Evangelical Church
Coe College Ushers in Homecoming Festivities Oct 30
Homecoming at Coe College begins Friday October 30 and runs through Sunday November 1. Key events include the Grinnell football game and an informal Homecoming dance in the Memorial coliseum with Larry Barrett’s orchestra. Candidates for Homecoming queen include two Cedar Rapids students Ann Louise Engberg and Eleanor Peters among others from Alpha Xi Delta Chi Omega and more.
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Grinnell
Memorial Coliseum
Larry Barrett
Coronet
Cedar Rapids
Ann Louise Engberg
Grande Avenue
Alpha Xi Delta
Eleanor Peters
Seventeenth Street
Chi Omega
Peggy Howland
Independence
Alpha Gamma Delta
Mary Towne
Burlington
Delta Delta Delta
Lucile Speer
Freeport
Ill
Kappa Delta
Caroline Benesh
Cicero
Charles A. Anderson
Marvin D Cone
Pat
Two Sue for Divorce Filed in District Court
Two divorce petitions filed in district court include Doris Louise Shekelton seeking a divorce from Robert Charles Shekelton on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. they wed in Cedar Rapids on December 24, 1938. Ella Melissa Beebe sues Ivan Beebe for cruel treatment. they married in Manchester on December 15, 1920. Sample seeks divorce from James Donald Sample on cruel treatment. marriage at Iowa City on July 21, 1933. Both couples receive absolute property. Plaintiff awarded household furnishings. defendant retains ownership of a taxicab.
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Doris Louise Shekelton
Robert Charles Shekelton
Cedar Rapids
Ella Melissa Beebe
Central City
Ivan Beebe
Manchester
Colonial IL
Sample
James Donald Sample
Iowa City
Depot in Cedar Rapids For Old Paint Brushes
Cedar Rapids depot for old paint brushes is the Sherwin-Williams store at 216 Third Avenue SE. Stiff and dry brushes will be bought at a government price or donated into the barrel in front of the store to supply materials for civilian use and army production.
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Sherwin-Williams Paint Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Appeal for Clothing to Britain Aged and Children
The American Friends Service Committee issued an urgent appeal for new and used clothing to be shipped to the aged and children of Britain. The appeal seeks garments to aid civilians during hardships caused by ongoing turmoil.
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Philadelphia
INS
American Friends Service Committee
Britain
Steege Leaves Bethany Lutheran for Readlyn Post
The Rev Mark J Steege longtime Bethany Lutheran Cedar Rapids pastor departs after a decade to lead St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran in Readlyn He preaches farewell Nov 1 and is to be installed Nov 8 The Bethany church at 2044 First Avenue NE started from scratch and now has about 120 adult members and 200 souls Steege and his family have five children a call meeting will seek a replacement
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First Avenue
Bethany Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Churc
Readlyn
Steege
Bethany
Lutheran District
First Avenue NE
Deaths Verink Kinrade Johnson in Lafayette region
Funeral services announced for Mrs Mary Verink at Beatty chapel at 2 pm with burial in Cedar Memorial. Edna Lucille Kinrade of Mt Vernon to be laid to rest in Linwood Cemetery with Moon chapel service at 1 30 pm Monday. Gustaf Adolph Johnson 73 of Lafayette dies suddenly at home. Swedish-born former farmer married to Alee Youngquist. memorial details noted.
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Gustaf Adolph Johnson
Lafayette
Sweden
Alee Youngquist
Monmouth
Ill
Blair and Blair family mourn losses in Marion area
Raymond Walter Blair 28 died Saturday at his parents home after a brief illness born March 9 1914 in Marion. He is survived by parents two brothers Meri and Roy and sister Myrtle all of Marion. Funeral services set for 10 30 am Tuesday at Buffalo church with burial in Shiloh cemetery. Friends may call at the Moen chapel.
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Raymond Walter Blair
Walter Blair
Route 1
Marion
Meri
Roy
Myrtle
J. K. French
Buffalo
Shiloh
Moen Chapel
Funeral for Stephen S Parsley in Moon chapel
The Rev W N Lunquist of Moline Wisconsin will conduct funeral services at 3 30 p.m. Monday in the Moon chapel for Stephen S Parsley who died Friday at his home 636 Eighth street SE Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Parsley
W N. Lunquist
Moline
Moon Chapel
Stephen S Parsley
Eighth Street
Oak Hill Cemetery
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Heads Diplomacy Tour
Dr. Parr a Perez travels from Caracas on a diplomatic mission to Brazil Argentina Chile Peru Bolivia Ecuador and Panama visiting regional capitals and meeting officials to discuss cooperation and regional issues.
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Chile
Peru
Bolivia
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Cedar Rapids Club to Hear Roberts on Women in War
Hew Roberts, assistant professor at the University of Iowa College of Education and former R F member, will address the Cedar Rapids Sunday Evening Club at the Roosevelt hotel today. The talk titled Women in War will begin at 4 45 p m. Roberts, a Western Australia graduate, directed adult education at Iowa 1938 to 1940 and will discuss British Russian and Chinese women's experiences in the current conflict.
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T Hew Roberts
College of Education
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
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